Monday, August 11, 2008

INDONESIAN GUS DUR ATTENDED DATUK SERI ANWAR'S 61ST BIRTHDAY PARTY

Malaysiakini reported that former Indonesian President AbdurrahmanWahid who is also commonly known as 'Gus Dur' made his presence to celebrate DatukSeriAnwar's 61st birthday party on Sunday at KualaLumpur.

This surprising meet among these two leaders shows the solidarity between themselves since DatukSeriAnwar is Prime Minister in waiting while Gus Dur is eyeing for the presidential position in the forthcoming 2009 Presidential Elections in Indonesia.

It was further reported that Gus Dur had fully supported DatukSeriAnwar since 1999 while he had written a few appeal letters to former premier Tun Dr MahathirMohamad to release DatukSeriAnwar from the 'politically fabricated' sodomy charge of 1988.

It was revealed that a week ago Gus Dur signed a letter with retired United States Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Conor affirming Datuk Seri Anwar's role in the democratic movement in Malaysia and he quoted that "I had no hesitation in signing the letter for I believe in Datuk Seri Anwar's innocence and importance to the needs of current history".

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Mohd Kamal Abdullah frequently writes in Malaysiakini, MalaysiaToday and in the FORUM column of MALAYSIA CHAT www.malaysia-chat.com. Kamal holds a law degree and was active in Malaysian Politics (a component party of Barisan Nasional) until of late, to concentrate on pursuing a post-graduate law degree in United Kingdom.